Gold Rush

Gold Rush (start 6 September 2024) is the 2nd campaign in the Domiere Campaign storyline. It involves the EDC 13th Corps 7th Planetary Brigade Combat Team continuing to engage rebel leader Lieutenant General Fyke, now on the eastern front, to try and take down most of his main force.

Operation Gold Rush
Poster for The Gold Rush, a silent comedy film starring Charlie Chaplin.
Location Planet Condyle, Fuzyke Continent Status In progress (Round 12)
Factions
1st Komodo 1st Victoris Pioneers Bogatyr Easy Company Ligeia Orion Sunburst The Night's Radiance Zembla	Rebels
Commanders and leaders
Major Barentsz Captain Blakely Lt. Colonel Burton Major Forge Major Kamenev Lt. Colonel Leyn Captain Purcell Major Rhyla Lt. Colonel Thorne	Lt. General Fyke
Strength
18 infantry 2 towed artillery 2 LUV transports 4 trucks 1 M-AMC 1 M-SPAAG 3 H-tanks 1 H-IFV/Mine clearing 1 L-IFV transport 1 VTOL gunship 4 VTOL transports	To be determined
Casualties and losses
November 1-4 "Zwaan" (MIA)	1 MANPAD unit 1 armored convoy unit 2 infantry units 1 VTOL helicopter unit

Background

Following the events of operation Wide Eyes, in which the 7th Planetary Brigade Combat Team successfully prevented Lt. General Fyke from attaining control of Citta Del Tesoro and the adjacent airfield, General Ardel ordered his forces to engage Fyke on the northern, western, and eastern fronts simultaneously. The eastern front was entrusted to the 7th Planetary Brigade Combat Team, who was given an offer of "double-or-nothing" pay to assist further, which Colonel Adams accepted.

The brigade then prepared to deploy east towards the cities of Creux Passer and Elever Racines. According to Ardel, the "main force" of Fyke is located within the region.

Upon arrival, it became clear that the men in the operational area were wearing the military uniforms of the Fesalian Military. It was explained by Ardel that it was likely the men in the area had deserted due to Fyke's influence.

Objectives

For this operation, the 7th Planetary Brigade Combat Team was instructed to:

• Secure and hold Creux Passer while keeping it's infrastructure intact.
• Secure and hold Elever Racines.
• Take action to ensure the Elever Lac dam was not intentionally destroyed by the opposing force.

Deployment

Deployment into the operational area took place over the course of 3 rounds (0-2) at drop zones codenamed Western, Goodshoes, and Mriya, though no company opted to deploy forces at the latter location.

The veteran companies 1st Komodo, 1st Victoris Pioneers, Easy Company, Ligeia, and Sunburst are currently active in this operation. They are joined by newly operational companies Bogatyr, Orion, The Night's Radiance, and Zembla.

Operation chronology

Round 0

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The battle map at round 0 start.

N1-4 (Special Forces) and L1-1 (Sappers) both successfully landed at drop zone Goodshoes with no issue. Meanwhile K1-4 (VTOL Recon) carrying K1-1 (Sappers) arrived at the Western drop zone and did not see anything amiss.

Special intelligence

Colonel Adams advised the brigade that, following a bribe he submitted to a different division of the 13th Corps, he was able to obtain a satellite image from somewhere within the operational area. However, the image quality... left something to be desired.

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Satellite image obtained via bribe by Colonel Adams.

1LT. Rase of 1st Komodo's TSIC ascertained that the image was likely taken in the general area of Creux Passer and presented an image detailing various potential enemy units directly south of it. This image is not available as it was deleted along with the relevant Discord channel during organization efforts near the beginning of the campaign.

Eastern front

LTC. Leyn ordered L1-1 establish a drop zone in grid 75-64 immediately to secure a safe deployment area. However, shortly after doing so, they observed movement on the horizon to their south/south-west, hinting at the possibility of their drop zone getting hot.

At the conclusion of the round, there was a scare when Fesalian Military pilots detected getting radar locked while en-route for the second Goodshoes drop, but no missiles were fired nor aircraft destroyed, and so the remainder of Ligeia company successfully deployed.

MAJ. Barentsz ordered N1-4 to setup their signals equipment in order to begin intercepting enemy communications. Almost immediately, 2 messages were intercepted, though only partially.

Message 1

Fortitude Base --- here.
Just sited large --- West to East,
North East --- Creux Passer, --- advise, Over.

Message 2

Rec---lete deliv
--- Zaeon 1 will --- out.

The transmission originated from a convoy that was leaving Elever Racines and heading towards Creux Passer.

Western front

MAJ. Rhyla ordered K1-4 to move north towards grid 59-64 while simultaneously firing a spotter pod at 62-66 to see if there was any enemy presence immediately across the bridge of the Montagne Couler stream. As they moved north they immediately caught sight of an enemy radar tower. They also caught sight of a dragons teeth line across the bridge, functionally blocking all armored movement south-east.

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The north sensor tower and dragons teeth line observed by K1-4 while moving north.

At the conclusion of the round, a vast majority of the remaining elements in play for the operation successfully deployed without issue, with the exclusion of Adams' command vehicle alongside various units in Sunburst, 1st Komodo, Bogatyr, and Zembla, all of which were scheduled to drop in subsequent rounds.

Round 1

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Battle map at conclusion of round 0, entering round 1.

This round consisted mostly of movement following the successful deployment in round 0.

Eastern front

Nothing of note occurred on this front.

Western front

Sunburst's H1-1 (Super-Heavy Howitzer) fired a starlight shell into grid 64-68 in order to further visibility across the bridge of Montagne Couler. No enemy units were spotted.

Sunburst deployed H1-2 (Heavy Howitzer) following it getting unhooked by Bogatyr's D1-4 (M-AMPV) in grid 57-68.